Ike Davis Sent To Minor League Camp

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• alex68 March 23, 2010 at 11:13 am

  Joe d

  I agree with u, I too love ike davis, it won’t be long since he’s up wit us, he needs to work on his defense, and hopefully he can keep up hitting the way he has in ST.. having davis with wright and reyes and then later martinez would gives a great core of young players all around.. w/o forgetting jenry mejia, and francour being 26 years old.

  LET’S GO METS!!!!
  • Joe D March 23, 2010 at 11:20 am

    I cant wait to see an infield of Ike, Tejada, Reyes, Wright and Thole. My biggest concern will always be the starting pitching. I used to think that Perez, Maine and Pelfrey were part of the plan, but now I cant wait to see them each replaced by pitchers that are better and can throw strikes.
    • Bayonne Mets Fan March 23, 2010 at 11:39 am

      I just can’t understand why they have to down now?
      Don’t they want to see him play the last couple of weeks? That’s when the competition gets better. Teams’ start playing their regulars more and the pitching gets better.
      Man, they are really, really pushing Daniel (.133) Murphy. Davis is a lefty too.
      I just hope Mike Jacobs turns it on.
      • Joe D March 23, 2010 at 11:50 am

        I can never understand some of the questionable things the Mets do, and this is one of them. There is no reason why they should arbitrarily decide to end competitions for some of these players especially if they are producing at such a high level this spring. See if they can maintain the same level of hitting as they face better quality pitchers in the second half of the spring, and vice versa. High school and college coaches hold better tryouts and training camps before making their final decisions on the absolute final day of camps.
      • Mike March 23, 2010 at 1:02 pm

        They probably sent him down to get Murphy more at-bats.

        He obviously needs them.
      • METS62FAN March 24, 2010 at 12:26 pm

        Bayonne, perhaps they don’t need to see him struggle against reg staff MLB pitching instead of the high numbered hopefuls he’s typically clobbered late in games after the regs are playing golf. I’m guessing they’ve already concluded he’s not ready for that quite yet & they don’t need to be proven right nor potentially dent this kid’s feel great self assessment.
        Admit it, u have that need. If they thought he was ready for it why demote him? Why take ABs away from Murph & Jake?
    • alex68 March 23, 2010 at 12:00 pm

      Agree, but it falls on them, maine after winning 15 games in 2007 failed to realize it was the offense that bailed him out many times, and didn’t work on developing a 2nd pitch to go along with his fastball, now he’s nothing but a 1 pitch pony who lasts 5 inning each start, pelfrey, the book is still open on him, so we can’t worry yet about his potential, and perez, well, obviously omar sees something in him that 31 gm, and us fans can’t see.. so.. we’ll see what that is, but as of now, all the pressure is on them to perform, the season lies with those 3 mention, if they struggle, the architec of that rotation along with the manager will be gone, and the new gm will have 1 simple task coming in, and that will be getting rid of that trio… 2 of 3 most likely will be gone..
      But let’s hope I’m wrong, and pelfrey and maine win us 28 to 33 games combine..
• alex68 March 23, 2010 at 12:36 pm

  BREAKING NEWS:

  Jose reyes cleared to resume baseball activities, starting next Wednesday!!!!!!

  LET’S GO METS!!!!!!!
• Danny Krieger March 23, 2010 at 1:10 pm

  Sending Ike down was the right thing to do. It’s Murphy and Jacobs that need the at bats against the better pitchers. At this point a two way competition makes sense, but not a three way competition.

  Ike will have his day. Maybe this year.

  Again, the baseball season is a marathon. If Murphy/Jacobs doesn’t work out by the end of May AND IKE IS HITTING IN BUFFALO, then he’ll get his shot.
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• Hitman March 23, 2010 at 7:38 pm

  Mark my words: Davis will be called up in July…maybe sooner.
• andy March 23, 2010 at 8:34 pm

  I could care less if murph didn’t even have a hit this spring. There was no competition at first really. Its murph’s job and its his to lose during the season, not right now. The only competition u have for jacobs is him outhitting frank catalanatto for a bench job and I believe murph should go to triple A and play the outfield ( u can’t take away at bats from davis) but mostly to see if he can become a more consistent hitter.
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